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professional and applied ethics . In his paper “Is
Computer Ethics Unique?”, Walter Maner explains
the existence of the two schools with two views that:
(i) certain ethical issues are so transformed by the use of
computers that they deserve to be studied on their own, in
their radically altered form,
their
(ii) the involvement of computers in human conduct can
(ii)
create entirely new ethical issues, unique to computing, that
do not surface in other areas.
do – According to Maner there are six levels of justifications for the
According
two views, the first two for the first school and the last four
for the second school :
for
We should study computer ethics because doing so will make us
We
behave like responsible professionals.
We should study computer ethics because doing so will teach us
how to avoid computer abuse and catastrophes.
how
We should study computer ethics because the advance of
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computing technology will continue to create temporary policy
vacuums.
vacuums.
We should study computer ethics because the use of computing
permanently transforms certain ethical issues to the degree that
their alterations require independent study.
their
We should study computer ethics because the use of computing
technology creates, and will continue to
create, novel ethical issues that require special study.
create,
We should study computer ethics because the set of novel and
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transformed issues is large enough and coherent enough to
define a new field.
define – Whatever school one falls in, there is enough justification to
Whatever
study computer ethics....
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